Jeonju Int'l Film Festival Kicks Off
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Jeng Il-woo (left) and Kim So-eun
The 12th Jeonju International Film Festival opened with a red carpet ceremony in North Jeolla Province on Thursday. Some 2,000 directors, actors and cinema fans from Korea and abroad flocked to Jeonju for the event.
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The opening film was director Asghar Farhadi's "Nader and Simin, A Separation", which explores the concepts of morality, religious beliefs, gender and class in Iranian society.
The nine-day festival will feature nearly 200 films from 38 countries including digital works, independent films, documentaries and animations as well as live concerts and seminars.
Kim Sang-kyung (left) and Kim Gyu-ri
